Grab-hook.



L. P. KING.

GRAB'HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. so, 1912.

Patented June 10, 1913.

attoznnja LEE PERKINS KING, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

GRAB-HOOK.

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Application led November 30, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1913.

sel-iai No. 734,266.

To all wlw/m 'it may concern Be it. known that l, LI-:n P. KING, a citi-Zen ot the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county1 oitBuchanan and State oi' Missouri, have invented a new and usetulGralvl'look; and fl do hereby declare the it`ollowing lto be a tull,clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled `in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

rlhis invention relates to a new and uset'ul grappling device.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved grapplingdevice for removing 'foreign matter and articles from wells or cisterns.

Another object ot the invention is the provision of a ring having aseries ot hooks adapted to be held substantially vertically whenentering a well or cistern, but when the ring contacts `with the bottomot the well, the series of hooks are automatically released, so as totall to substantially horizontal positions, in order to reach allforeign matter at the bottom of the well. llhen the ring' is raised, thehooks close below the ring, so as to grapple the 't'oreign matter orlike in the well.

The invention comprises further features and eombinationot parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in perspective of the improvedgrappling device, showing the same entering the well. Fig. 2 is a viewshowing the grappling device at the bottom of the well, alsoillustrating in dotted lines the positions ot the hooks, when the deviceis being raised. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the cable or rope having a knot Qat its lower end, which supports the ring 3. The cable or rope l passesthrough a sleeve 4L, the same being supported by a knot 5 of the rope,when the grappling device is in the act of entering the well or cisternG. A series of bars 7 is provided. Each bar terminates at one end in aneye or loop 8, which receives the round portion ot' the ring 3, as shownin the drawings. ln this manner the bars 7 are pivotally swung` on thering'. The sleeve t at its lower cnd is ln'ovided with a series otprongs t), while the end portions 10 of the bars T terminate in hooks I1l, there being cl ains 19 passing through the hooks. These chains ,12ar` adapted to engage the prongs S), so as to hold the bars 7substantially vertical, when entering a well or cistern, as shown inFig. l. lVhen the ring 8 contacts with the bottom oil the well oreistern, the rope or cable between the knots l and 5 becomes slack orFalls loose, owing to the tact that the sleeve ft becomes nearer thering 3, and when such is the case the loops of the chains 12 discngagethe prongs t), thus allowing' the hooks 11 to spread in order to gatherthe refuse 'from thc bottom ot the well or cistern. Subsequently as therope or cable is `raised the hooked bars 'i' assume positions as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that any foreign matter or articles may begrappled in order to be extracted or removed Ytroni the well.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useilulis:-

ln combination, a rope having a knot at its extreme end and provided`with a second knot spaced from the fn'st knot, a ring on the ropesupported by the l'irst knot, a series ot hooked bars pivotally swung onthe ring, a sleeve arranged telescopically on the rope and supported bythe second knot and provided with a series ot prongs, and chainsconnected to the hooked ends oit said bars and having their upper endportions loosely connected to said prongs. so as to become disengagedwhen the ring contacts with the bottom o'tl a well.

Tn testimony whereof I ha ve signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEE PERKINS KING.

lVit/nesses L. BAKER, R. H. DUMONT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents,

Washington, 1D. C.

